Jimmy G wrote:Aled:
How hard is it to set up an outside broadcast such as from Inverness?
A little geeky, I know, but those seem to be your favourite questions.
I may not be Aled but I can give it a go... and I am geeky aswell, hence I can maybe answer this question.
It's all easy. At BBC Shetland when we want to connect to an Outside Broadcast... the OB dials into a special number in Glasgow (will be different for Radio 1 obviously) - and then in the studio we use our ISDN to dial into the same number... thus we then have a connection. Thats for using a thing called a Hotbox which allows us to get a microphone in anywhere that has a phone line.
I think the same goes for studio to studio... both studios dial into the Glasgow number and then they also have a connection. Thats why we need to book the line as another station within the BBC may be using it.
It's either that way or directly ISDN to ISDN in the studios, cutting out Glasgow for studio to studio, but I'm not too sure.
However Chris mentioned on air ages ago they have a system in their studio where they can 'connect' to any BBC Studio simply by typing the studio code. So that could of been how it was done at Radio 1 - but whats above is certainly how its done at BBC shetland (which is obviously a lot smaller station.)
Sorry to sound geeky...